Current Affairs of 27th April 2021 by Bidyasagar Classes,Bhubaneswar

Current Affairs April 2021

NATIONAL 

1.Assam govt starts ‘Dhanwantari’ scheme for home delivery of medicines 

  • Assam government has launched a new scheme called “Dhanwantari” for home delivery of medicines. The patients can send their prescriptions over the telephone or inform the health workers and the health department will ensure that it is delivered to them even if it is not on the list of available free medicines. This is the largest outreach programme taken up by any state government at this point in time.

Important poins for all competitive exams:

  • Capital of Assam: Dispur; CM of Assam: Sarbananda Sonowal.
  • Governor of Assam: Jagdish Mukhi.

2. Kerala hospital deploys “KARMI-Bot” robot to serve COVID-19 patients

  • The government hospital in Ernakulamhere, Kerala has deployed a robot named ‘KARMI-Bot’ to serve COVID-19 patients. The robot will be used to assist patients at the medical college’s COVID-19 isolation ward.

Important poins for all competitive exams:

  • Chief Minister of Kerala: Pinarayi Vijayan
  • Governor of Kerala: Arif Mohammad Khan.
  • Capital of Kerala: Thiruvananthapuram.

3. Uttar Pradesh Government bans public gathering till June 30

  • Amid the COVID-19 outbreak, the Uttar Pradesh Government has decided to ban the public gathering till June 30, 2020. The decision was taken by the state government during the Chief Minister’s meeting with chairpersons of 11 committees of the state over the COVID-19 situation.

Important poins for all competitive exams:

  • Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh: Yogi Adityanath.
  • Governor of Uttar Pradesh: Anandiben Patel.

4. Madhya Pradesh govt launches “Jivan Shakti Yojana” for women

  • Madhya Pradesh government has launched the “Jivan Shakti Yojana” for women. Under this scheme, women in urban areas can earn by making masks at home. The government will pay them Rs 11 per mask.

Important poins for all competitive exams:

  • Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh: Shivraj Singh Chouhan.
  • Governor of Madhya Pradesh: Lal Ji Tandon.
  • Bandhavgarh National Park is in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. This biodiverse park is known for its large population of royal Bengal tigers, especially in the central Tala zone.

INTERNATIONAL 

5. Saudi Arabia terminates death penalty for minors  

  • Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz al-Saud has abolished the death penalty for crimes committed by minors. The new order states that any individual who has received a death sentence for crimes committed while he or she is a minor will no longer face execution. Instead of the death sentence, the individual will undergo a prison sentence of no longer than 10 years in a juvenile detention facility. The new rule was announced by the president of the Saudi government’s Human Rights Commission, Awwad Alawwad.

Important points for all competitive exams:

  • Capital of Saudi Arabia: Riyadh; Currency: Saudi riyal.

BANKING & FINANCE 

6. RBI announces Rs 50,000 crore Special Liquidity Facility for Mutual Funds 

  • The Reserve Bank of India has announced a Special Liquidity Facility of Rs 50,000 crore for Mutual Funds. This has been done by the central bank in order to ease liquidity pressures on the Mutual Funds. This is a measure taken by the RBI to mitigate the economic impact of COVID-19 and preserve financial stability.

Important points for all competitive exams:

  •  RBI 25th Governor: Shaktikanta Das; Headquarters: Mumbai; Founded: 1 April 1935, Kolkata

SPORTS

7. Former Pakistan skipper Sana Mir announces retirement 

  • Former Pakistan women’s skipper Sana Mir announced her retirement from international cricket. She featured in 226 international matches for Pakistan, including 137 as captain from 2009 to 2017.

Important points for all competitive exams:

  • Prime Minister of Pakistan: Imran Khan
  • President of Pakistan: Arif Alvi.
  •  Capital of Pakistan: Islamabad.

8. Olympic medallist Mathias Boe announces retirement from international badminton 

  • Denmark’s ace doubles exponent Mathias Boe, a silver medallist at the 2012 London Olympics and 2013 World Championships, called time on his illustrious career.
  • In his career spanning two decades, the 39-year-old Danish shuttler has partnered the likes of Michael Jensen,Thomas Hovgaard, and Michael Lamp, before striking up a successful long-term combination with Carsten Mogensen .

SCIENCE &  TECHNOLOGY NEWS

9. RBI 25th Governor: Shaktikanta Das; Headquarters: Mumbai; Founded: 1 April 1935, Kolkata

  • State-run Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management – Kerala (IIITM-K) has developed an AI Semantic search engine to enable researchers to get deeper insights into scientific studies, especially when they need to find an early solution to the COVID-19 crisis has resulted in a large set of complex scientific information.
  • Named ‘www.vilokana.in‘, which in Sanskrit means ‘finding out’, the search engine is developed by a team led by A.P.James, Professor at Centre for Artificial General Intelligence and Neuromorphic Systems (neuro GI),

10. China names its Mars mission Tianwen-1 ahead of its planned launch this year

  • China named its first Mars exploration mission to be launched later this year as Tianwen-1 as it celebrated Space Day to mark the 50th anniversary of the launch of the country’s first satellite Dong Fang Hong-1 in 1970.

OBITUARIES NEWS

11. Veteran photojournalist Ronny Roy passes away 

  • Veteran sports photojournalist Ronojoy ‘Ronny’ Roy passed away. He was popularly known as ‘Ronny’ and was associated with Bengali daily Aajkaal since the 1990s and covered the ICC World Cup in England last year.

12. Former governor of Bihar & Tripura Devanand Konwar passes away

  • Veteran politician and former Governors of Bihar, Tripura, and West Bengal, Devanand Konwar passed away. He was the Governor of Bihar from July 24, 2009, to March 8, 2013. He served as the Governor of Tripura from March 25, 2013, and June 29, 2014. Besides this, he also served as governor (additional charge) of West Bengal from December 2009 to January 2010.

IMPORTANT DAYS

13. First official International Delegate’s Day 2020 

  • First, 25 April 2020 is the first time that International Delegate’s Day is observed. Second, the 2020 observance also marks the milestone seventy-fifth anniversary of the San Francisco Conference, an event that laid the foundations of the United Nations.
  • United Nations General Assembly has proclaimed 25 April as International Delegates Day to raise awareness of the role of the representatives and delegates of the Member States to the United Nation.

14. World Intellectual Property Day 

  • Every April 26, we celebrate World Intellectual Property Day to learn about the role that intellectual property (IP) rights play in encouraging innovation and creativity.
  • The theme of World Intellectual Property Day 2020 is “Innovate for a Green Future“

MISC. TOPICS

15. IIFL Wealth acquires L&T Finance Holdings’ wealth management business for Rs 230 cr

  • IIFL Wealth Management announced completing the acquisition of 100 percent equity shares of L&T Capital
    Markets (LTCM) for Rs 230 crore.

 

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